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  BOOK REVIEW by Allan Wright God wants the same thing from each of us: friendship with him. But the ways there are endless The author of...

Posthumous volumes of poetry hold a particular fascination. Is the poet losing his powers or does the keenness of dwindling life produce a new honesty, a new self-assessment, or new depths of creativity? Czeslaw Milosz and R.S. Thomas produced masterworks well into their old age while many others seem to coast by on past achievements.

First, a heads-up for Catholic readers: The author of “The Point of Church” is a Baptist minister and pastor in Alabama. Second heads-up: Don’t worry about it.

New book sets out the story of God and His people in what’s known as ‘Minimal English’, using a new approach to language to restate eternal truths for an increasingly digital generation.

In his pared-back but very timely new book, Foundations: Preparing the Church in Australia for the Plenary Council and Beyond, Archbishop Julian Porteous of...

All the evidence around us points to the fact that Christianity is in decline in Australia. Two generations ago, virtually every member of Australian society...

Fascinating story of a prominent couple's conversion In Ulf Ekman, a former Protestant pastor – whom some described as the Billy Graham of Sweden -...

Kim Cameron-Smith cuts through a great deal of fluff that’s out there in the Christian/Catholic parenting world and gets to the heart of the...

Writing about angels might seem to be a displacement activity, given the world’s myriad problems and the Church’s own internal difficulties. But as Fr John...

Four years ago, on a men’s retreat, I heard for the first time that it was MY job to be the face of God...